Popular Religion and Shamanism |
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| Editor:
| MA, Xisha
MENG, Huiying |
| Translator:
| Chi, Zhen
DuBois, Thomas |
| Series title: | Religious Studies in Contemporary China Collection |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-17455-9 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2011 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $268.00 |
Book Description:
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Popular Religion and Shamanismaddresses two areas of religion within Chinese society; the lay teachings that Chinese scholars term folk or "popular" religion, and shamanism. Each area represents a distinct tradition of scholarship, and the book is therefore split into two parts. Part I: Popular Religion discusses the evolution of organized lay movements over an arc of ten centuries. Its eight chapters focus on three key points: the arrival and integration of new ideas before the...
More Description Popular Religion and Shamanismaddresses two areas of religion within Chinese society; the lay teachings that Chinese scholars term folk or "popular" religion, and shamanism. Each area represents a distinct tradition of scholarship, and the book is therefore split into two parts. Part I: Popular Religion discusses the evolution of organized lay movements over an arc of ten centuries. Its eight chapters focus on three key points: the arrival and integration of new ideas before the Song dynasty, the coalescence of an intellectual and scriptural tradition during the Ming, and the efflorescence of new organizations during the late Qing.